Mirror Dragon Ball

Pre-Dragonball
As the Saiyan Genocide is underway, Bardock, a low class soldier, sends his son on an escape pod into deep space, hoping to spare him of the coming bloodshed. It works, as Freiza's brother, Cooler, overlooks the pod as "Freiza's problem", and Freiza himself does not notice. The pod eventually finds it's merry way to Earth, where it is discovered by an old hermit by the name of Gohan. Inside the pod lays a young boy, whom Gohan names Goku. Through sheer persistence and intense training, Gohan focuses the Saiyan's inherent rage into a more controlled demeanor. By the age of thirteen, Goku has become cold, channeling his rage into his attacks rather than his words or expressions.

Of course, the beast was still within, so the moment Gohan stopped being useful to Goku, well...

Emperor Pilaf Saga
Goku only had a few short months after the, erm, unfortunate death of Gohan to relax and train, contemplating his next move. Luckily, he did not have to do too much planning, as his next challenge walked right into the hermit's property, hoping to steal some "dragon ball" from Goku. Of course, Goku wasn't going to fall for her stupid game, and he almost eliminated her when she frantically explained the power of the balls – a single wish. Now, this peaked Goku's interest quite a bit. He thought he might find it useful to wish for ultimate power.

And so, Goku's first quest began, with the rather annoying girl, Bulma, at his side. Of course, throughout the course of the journey, she grew on Goku, who admired her ability to manipulate people by dangling the potential for sex in their face. Goku made other allies along the way, including Yamcha (a thief), Oolong (a child rapist), and Master Roshi (a friend of Grandpa Gohans). He makes a few enemies along the way, as well, including the Ox King and Emperor Pilaf.

Both fall to the will of Goku.

Of course, they don't really encounter Pilaf until the end, when the Dragon is finally summoned. At this point, it becomes an utter free for all, even among Goku's group, as to who will get the one wish. While Goku is battling Pilaf and his henchmen, the sneaky Oolong goes to the dragon and humbly wishes for a pair of comfortable panties. After dealing with Pilaf, and enraged Goku kills Oolong for stealing his gift. The dragon balls separate, and will unusable for a year.

The reason for their alliance of convenience now gone, the group promptly splits up.

World Tournament Saga
After the fiasco involving the dragon balls, Goku finds his way back to Master Roshi, seeking someone to continue his martial arts training. As they are discussing the possibility, a young shaolin monk by the name of Krillin arrives at the hermit's island by boat, asking for the same training as Goku. With the two eager young boys assembled, Roshi mischievously concocts an agreement with the two: he will train them, if they "get him a woman". Goku flies to Brief Corp and very nearly kidnaps Bulma for the old man, but for some reason he manages to stop himself at the last second.

He travels back to the Ox King's palace, and takes the distraught Chi-Chi, the daughter of the old man, and whisks her away to Master Roshi's place. He justified his change of mind in that Bulma would be better able to help him find the Dragon Balls in a years time if she wasn't some dirty old hermit's sex slave. As for Chi-Chi he didn't really care for the spunky brat, and as far as he was concerned she needed to be knocked down a few pegs. What better way to do that than to hand her over to a potential rapist?

Regardless of motivation, with everything squared away, Roshi agrees to train Goku and Krillin. To the former's mild frustration, he doesn't do much with Chi-Chi besides turn her into his personal maid. Perhaps he's uncomfortable with the fact that she is a child. Regardless, Goku takes his mind off of the tramp and trains vigorously under the Turtle Hermit, pushing himself as hard as possibly. Throughout it all, Goku constantly degrades his fellow student, Krillin. Goku views Krillin as an inferior creature, while Krillin believes that Goku is his rival.

Almost a year later, Roshi takes the boys to the World Martial Arts Tournament, which both boys have entered. Upon arrival, Goku reunites with Yamcha and Bulma, who have somewhat of a relationship going on, making Goku subconsciously jealous. Before the tournament, he and Yamcha rob a bank together, and Goku very nearly leaves his friends for the cops to take down. But, Yamcha pulls himself through, and they make it back to the tournament just in time. Goku quickly makes his way through the bracket, his devastating yet precise attacks obliterating the competition. He faces off against the legendary Jackie Chun, who, to Goku's immense frustration, proves to be stronger than the Saiyan. As the fight drags on, an impatient and enraged Goku breaks Chun's arm in an illegal move, disqualifying himself. Of course, Chun doesn't just let this slide, and even though the fight is technically over still manages to pin Goku with one arm until the ten count is over.

Revealing himself to be Roshi, he scolds the student for his carelessness, telling him that he still has much to learn before he can beat the Turtle Hermit. He pokes Goku's ego by saying that those who fight using dirty tricks are simply cowards.

Red Ribbon Army Saga
Thoroughly pissed off at his master, Goku takes Bulma and leaves the Turtle Hermit's training, to once again search for the Dragon Balls. Just as last time, an uppity group of humans think that they can just take what Goku wants. In this case, the Red Ribbon Army, a paramilitary remnant of despotic colonial powers in Asia. Every time they cross his path, Goku destroys their forces, and by the time he has secured five of the seven dragon balls he has also managed to cut the army in half.

Of course, he wasn't without his own losses. One contingent of the army managed to kidnap Bulma from Goku, who decides to leave her behind after he figures out how to work the dragon radar himself. Additionally, he narrowly escapes death at the hands of Mercenary Tao, an assassin hired by the Red Ribbon Army to kill Goku. In order to gain the power necessary to defeat Tao, Goku climbs Korin Tower to obtain the Sacred Water that originally gave Roshi his immense power. After some peristence, Goku obtains the water from the wretched cat, and discovers that there is nothing special about it. In frustration, Goku threatens the little creature until it gives him something that is actually useful – Senzu Beans. With these in hand, Goku finds Tao this time, and beats him within an inch of his life, before leaving him to die alone and miserable in the forest.

As if things weren't already going swell, the dragon radar broke after Goku got the sixth ball. Six balls don't a dragon make, so Goku travels back to the Red Ribbon Army base to obtain Bulma. Upon rescuing her, he finds that she has been thoroughly abused by her captors, and in a rage destroys the entire base, killing every last soldier in the place. Upon the completion of this task, Goku very nearly prompts the woman to fix the radar, even in her shattered state.

But, looking at the remains of the broken Red Ribbon Army base, Goku finally realizes the importance of Korin and Roshi's teachings – he can obtain ultimate power without some cheap trick. After all, Son Goku is simply above such shortcuts!

Tien Shinhan Saga
Three years later, Goku reunites with him friends at the Martial Arts Tournament, as is customary. He rather coldly greets Roshi and Krillin, now the star (cough – only) student of the Turtle Hermit. He greets Yamcha with only slightly more affection, trying to goad the thief into another heist. Lastly, he sees Bulma. Traumatized from her treatment at the hands of the Red Ribbon Army, Bulma has been in something of a haze the last few years, unsuccessfully visiting multiple therapists. She is starting to get back on her feet, but still. The fact that her stupid boyfriend, Yamcha, is utterly lost as to how to comfort her, is not helping. Recognizing this vulnerability, Goku decides to her "comfort" her himself in a nearby bathroom.

This leads to a humongous fight between Bulma and Yamcha right before the tournament begins, resulting in a distraught Yamcha being utterly destroyed at the hands of a new challenger by the name of Tien Shinhan. To Goku's chagrin, he is unable to fight his former teacher, Master Roshi, who is handily defeated by Shinhan as well. But, he does get to face off against his pupil, Krillin, whom he continually taunts throughout their fight. After many minutes of this and toying with him, Goku finally goads Krillin into using an illegal move on Goku, this disqualifying the monk and giving Goku reason to snap his arm, to make the master and apprentice more alike. Goku then delivers a chilling lecture to the defeated Krillin, deriding his very existence as futile and branding him a coward for resorting to breaking the rules.

From there, Goku breezes to the final bout of the tournament, where he faces off against Tien Shinhan, the star student of Roshi's rival. They have a good fight, and though he tows the edge of the line, Goku eventually wins fair and square, albeit with Tien's third eye forced shut from bruises, the result of too many shots to the face. From there, Goku takes his winnings and goes for a rather awkward lunch with Yamcha, Bulma, Roshi, and Krillin, which promptly erupts into utter chaos as they all begin arguing, leading Goku and Bulma to depart together.

King Piccolo Saga
Of course, before the unofficial couple can do anything "else" (wink wink), they have to travel back to the stadium to find a certain undergarment that Bulma, erm, "lost" in the bathroom earlier. It seems lady luck is jealous of Bulma and Goku's relationship, though, because as soon as they are about to leave for her house, the strange creature known as Tambourine arrives and begins attacking Goku, who is forced to stay on the defensive.

The battle causes quite a commotion, resulting in Tien, Yamcha, Roshi, and Krillin all arriving to fight the alien creature, despite their tension with Goku. During the battle, Goku "accidentally" lets an energy blast slip past his defenses, resulting in the unfortunate death of the uppity Yamcha, who "just wasn't strong enough", according to Goku. Still, the combined forces of the group wards the demon henchman off, giving Roshi the chance to explain the entire situation to the gathered martial artists. It appears that the Demon King Piccolo has returned, despite the efforts that Roshi and Mutaito put into sealing the evil alien many years ago.

From there, Goku runs off to the forest to investigate the initial sightings of the "Demon King". He discovers very quickly that stupid little midget, Pilaf, unleashed the Demon King upon the world. Before he can act upon this little bit of information, Tambourine once again arrives, having decided it was better to take out the martial artists one by one. Goku is not yet powerful enough to take on the demon henchman, and his body ends up in the river, assumed to be dead by Tambourine. Goku's life is saved only by the timely arrival of Yajirobe, who finds a boy in the river while he is searching for fish.

Goku wakes up a few hours later, very nearly about to be cooked and eaten by the fat samurai, when the arrival of another of Piccolo's henchmen, Cymbal, distracts him. Goku manages to escape while the samurai defeats the alien and then feasts upon it's carcass. Realizing that the death of one of his henchmen while draw King Piccolo's henchmen near, Goku hides out in the bushes next to Yajirobe's camp. Sure enough, Tambourine arrives, having just finished cleaning Roshi and Krillin's clocks, leaving the former nearly dead. Tambourine makes quick work of the fat samurai, and then ironically makes a meal out of him. Goku watches in mild satisfaction at the poetic justice of the situation, before finally revealing himself to the alien. Frustrated at the continued survival of this resilient human, Tambourine goes after Goku full force.

Using Yajirobe's sword, Goku deftly dismembers the creature, and finishes it off by blowing it's measly brains out. This leads to the now thoroughly frustrated King Piccolo to travel to the place himself, but Goku quickly leaves, realizing that he cannot yet face the Demon King. Piccolo gets all the Dragon Balls, and wishes to be young once more, greatly increasing his power level. With restored youth and great power, Piccolo then sets about to the dirty work of taking over the world. It is fairly easy, considering that most of the groups that could have opposed him (Ox King, Emperor Pilaf, Red Ribbon Army) had been wiped out before his arrival.

Goku hides out at Capsule Corp, essentially moving in with Bulma, to the disapproval of her father. Besides using this as a chance to get jiggy with it, they do actually work on various plans to defeat the demon king. Of course, the work is somewhat slow, given the, ahem, distractions, but they do make progress. Of course, it is all for naught, when, after a few short weeks, Piccolo is once again resealed thanks to the efforts of Tien Shinhan, who sacrificed his life to cram the evil back into it's can. There are rumors that Piccolo made one last egg before his death, but no one can really confirm this. The world is once again at peace.

Piccolo Jr. Saga
Three years later, Goku travels once again to the World Martial Arts tournament. Here, he meets Krillin, who has married Chi-Chi, Roshi's former maid (possibly sex slave). While those two have never had a child, Goku and Bulma already have a strapping young lad by the name of Trunks running around (he was named by his mother). Besides becoming a father, Goku has been training vigorously in the interim, and has nearly run out of his stolen stash of senzu beans thanks to his harsh regiment.

The group is surprised when they discover that one of the contestants is Piccolo Jr., the son of the late King Piccolo. The spawn of the rumored Last Egg, Piccolo Jr. was discovered and raised by Kami for the sole purpose of becoming the new guardian of Earth. Junior is naturally very brutal in his methodology, but he has been tempered by Kami's influence. He has come to the Martial Arts Tournament to test his strength against the people of earth, and (secretly) to vanquish Goku's evil presence from the planet.

Sure enough, the two reach the final round of the tournament, and face off against each other. Goku has trained hard in the interim, hoping to actually beat his demonic foe this time around. And indeed, he very nearly does beat the alien within an inch of his life, when the solemn Krillin decides to make the ultimate sacrifice for the planet earth, and release the Evil Containment Wave upon Son Goku himself. It works, and Krillin is, as per the rules of the attack, killed as a result of it. Bulma and Chi-Chi are equally distraught over the loss of their husbands, and if not for their grief might have killed each other in a cat fight. Meanwhile, the defeated Piccolo Jr. has been humbled by the onslaught of the Saiyan beast. He now realizes that he has much more to learn before he will truly be the savior of the earth.